The Void

The Void is a destructive spatial entity that appears throughout the Wonderland series. It first appears as a location east of the Forever Forest and northeast of The Wasteland in Wonderland Secret Worlds and is later built upon in the Wonderland Adventures Trilogy.

Description

The Void is a strange energy deep within Wonderland, and Morklin describes it as a swirling fire of purple energy. It appears to bend the laws of physics as demonstrated in several levels in Wonderland Secret Worlds. The Wonderland Secret Worlds map portrays it as a large open area in the eastmost part of Wonderland ravaged by violent lighting storms, strong winds, and tornadoes and is flanked by chasms on the northeast and southern edges. The Void is contained to this area with the power of the Rainbow Crystal and the Rainbow Shards. If Wonderland's color were to vanish, the Void would be able to rapidly spread and consume the rest of Wonderland unless the power of the Rainbow Shards was used to counteract the Void. The power of the Void is connected to the Void Crystal, and the Void is capable of spreading to and engulfing other worlds when the Void Crystal is used.

Appearances

Wonderland Secret Worlds

The Void first appears Wonderland Secret Worlds as the eleventh major area (twelfth if Cloud City is cleared first) that Stinky, Loof, Qookie, and Peegue visit on their quest to rescue the little Stinkers. Depending on the player's progress, it is either the penultimate or final area visited before the pyramid containing the little Stinkers is unlocked. The Void is an apparent dead end, and the Stinkers must find a secret path to the heart of the Void and use another hidden path to reach the pyramid. The level theming is identical to that of At the Edge of Space and Time from Return to Wonderland where levels have a heavily distorted background (i.e., the Warp/Vortex background) and the Spooky texture.

Levels

Since there are no more Gold Star toll gates beyond The Chasm, all of the above levels are entirely optional. By pressing up when Electrifying!! is highlighted, the player can access Escape from THE VOID .... Pressing up when this level is highlighted reveals a path blocked by a magical gate that can only be unlocked with 8 Rainbow Stars. This requires the completion of every secret level in the game, and once the gate is unlocked, the final level of the game, Stinker Rescue, can be accessed.

Wonderland Adventures

In Wonderland Adventures, the Thwarts, seven troll-like creatures that live deep within the Void, prepare a spell that takes away Wonderland's color out of jealousy. However, they are unaware that this would cause the Void to spread and destroy Wonderland. During the events of the game, several purple spikes of energy appear throughout Wonderland which darkens the ground around them, and the player must collect the Rainbow Shards to reverse the spell. Once the player collects six out of the seven Shards, The Thwarts complete their spell which causes the Void to spread. Wysp finds the player and reveals that the Thwarts are keeping the Purple Shard deep within the Void. The player and Wysp travel southward as the environment collapses around them and come across a dead end. Wysp then uses his energy to create a rainbow gate to transport the player into the Void around where the Purple Shard is being kept. Once inside, the player must destroy all of the Power Cubes powering the gates blocking off the Shard and then clear one last adventure to collect the Shard. This allows the Rainbow Shards to emit a burst of energy that restores Wonderland's color and pushes back the Void.

Adventures

All of the below Adventures must be completed to lower the purple gates blocking the Purple Shard.

Thwart Power Cubes A
Thwart Power Cubes B
Thwart Power Cubes C
Thwart Power Cubes D

Once the gates are lowered, the following Adventure can be accessed.

The Purple Shard

Wonderland Adventures: Mysteries of Fire Island

Although the Void does not physically appear in Wonderland Adventures: Mysteries of Fire Island, the fireballs that rain down upon Wonderfalls and the rest of Wonderland at the start of the game are later revealed to be from an explosion that occurred when a crack in space appeared with the Void pouring out of the crack. Additionally, the Retro World is a time rift that looks visually similar to the Void, but it is connected to Floing Magic and is an entirely separate entity.

Wonderland Adventures: Planet of the Z-Bots

The Void reappears in Wonderland Adventures: Planet of the Z-Bots where a crack in space opened up which is causing the Void to seep out and spread. This crack appeared when a Z-Bot found the Void Crystal in space during an exploration mission and caused a massive explosion. The Void Crystal corrupted and transformed the Z-Bot into Z-Bot Prime, and Z-Bot Prime brought back the Void Crystal back to the Planet of the Z-Bots where it was used as a power source. The more the Crystal is used, the more the Void grows, and if the Void were to continue to grow, it would engulf every world. The rift that Morkin is sent to, Lost in Space and Time, was in disorder as a consequence of the Void scrambling reality. Additionally, the Rainbow Portal to the Planet of the Z-Bots has a different appearance because of the Void breaking down the magic around the portal entrance.

During the player's, Rainbow Wizards', and Wysp's return expedition to the Planet of the Z-Bots, Z-Bot Prime transports them all into the Void as they enter the chamber with the Void Crystal in an attempt to destroy them. Wysp reveals that the Void Crystal can only be destroyed within the Void, and everybody fills the Crystal with color which destroys it, brings everybody back to the chamber, and seals away the Void.